The municipal government of Beijing, the capital of China, has announced an air pollution-control strategy involving reduced motor vehicle use and factory closings that it hopes will reduce the almost unbearably severe pollution that plagued its residents for much of January.

What China really needs is an Environmental Protection Agency — and we know we’re just dreaming, but why not lend them ours for a decade or two?

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